Promise and Peril: Assessment and Urban Universities.

Cole, John C.; Nettles, Michael J.

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ERIC Number: EJ601694

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Promise and Peril: Assessment and Urban Universities.

Cole, John C.; Nettles, Michael J.

Metropolitan Universities: An International Forum, v10 n3 p11-20 Win 1999

Provides an historical review of state-level assessment research and practice and discusses current objectives and outcomes of state-level assessment policies throughout the United States. Considers possible explanations for the gap between assessment policy objectives and outcomes, and implications for urban institutions of higher education. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, State Standards, Urban Universities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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